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The Annual Symposium early bird registration deadline is 19 August. This is your last chance to save $50! Earn all of your CE, CEPTC, and Pharmacology credits for the year in one place! The ITNS symposium gives you bang for your buck! The symposium has something for everyone, with educational content applicable to the novice through expert nurse. Register today to save! You don't want to miss this year’s symposium!

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Participate in the ITNS Chapter ChallengeITNSWe hope you are planning to attend the 23rd Annual ITNS Symposium in Houston, Texas, USA 27-29 September. This year, ITNS will award a $500 prize to the chapter that brings the highest percentage of its members to the Annual Symposium. When registering online, add "ITNS Chapter Challenge" to your registration. Then, select the chapter you belong to from the drop down menu. Make sure you register for the symposium before 19 August to save $50.

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Phase III of HRSA's WPFL Hospital Campaign completeITNSThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the recognition results from Phase III of the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign. More than 400 hospitals and transplant centers were recognized for their outstanding voluntary efforts to promote organ donation between June 2013 and May 2014. In addition, a number of state hospital associations, organ procurement organizations, and Donate Life America affiliates were acknowledged for successfully partnering with hospitals and transplant centers in this campaign.

ITNS is proud to be one of 11 national partners supporting this campaign and we encourage more hospitals, state hospital associations, and
donation organizations across the country to join in the important effort to help increase donor registration. For information about joining, visit the
campaign website.

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Way to block immune rejection after transplant surgeryThe HinduIndividuals who have had transplant surgery need drugs that suppress their immune system and prevent it from turning on the new organ. Indian scientists have helped develop a gel that can hold and slowly release an immune-suppressing drug.

Waiting for a new face: The transplants giving people back their livesCNN via KSL-TV "These types of patients have such disfigurement beforehand they can't eat, they can't breathe properly. It's about functionality," says Dr. Richard Luskin, CEO of the New England Organ Bank. Luskin is referring to the small group of people worldwide who are on waiting lists in hope of a new face, and in the U.S. at least, they may now have one donated to them more readily.

World record for lung transplant recipientIrish ExaminerAt the age of 47, her survival was a race against the clock but the life-giving power of organ transplantation carried Vera Dwyer through another quarter of a century and into the record books.
The 73-year-old from Ballinafad, Co Sligo has been officially certified as "the longest-surviving single lung transplant recipient in the world" by the Guinness Book of Records.

Liver transplantation in older adultsJournal of Gerontological Nursing via HealioLiver transplantation is the only definitive treatment therapy for end-stage liver disease. In the U.S., approximately 15 percent of annual liver transplant recipients are 65 or older. The most common postoperative complications are infection, acute graft rejection and acute renal failure.

China beats India to launch its national online donor registryThe Times of India Most countries with active organ transplant programs have a system of registries to track the donation and allocation system. The latest to join this club is China, which launched an online registry this March. With the registry launch anyone above 16 can log on to the website and become a volunteer.

Doctors hail setting up of Cadaver Transplantation AuthorityThe New Indian ExpressThe government of Tamil Nadu recently announced the setting up of a Cadaver Transplantation Authority which would have functional and fiscal authority to serve as the State’s nodal agency for all organ transplantations. Chaired by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, the body would serve as the nodal agency for transplantations in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry and Lakshadweep.

An aging America: The future of healthcare depends on telehealthBy Karen R. Thomas As a country, we are living longer and in greater numbers. The number of people over the age of 65 in America is predicted to rise to nearly 80 million by 2040, according to the Administration on Aging. When that happens, there will be more people living in our country who are over the age of 65 than at any point before in history, a fact that has many wondering if the U.S. healthcare system will have the resources, systems and integration to care for such a substantial older adult population.